Special correspondent Liu Zhun reported that on January 4, the 2011 season of the Chinese Super League came to an end, and the promoted Ma Yatai handed over an answer sheet to Changchun's father and elderly "fourth in the league, representing China, representing Changchun in the AFC Champions League play-offs", and many people will sigh: the familiar Yatai is back!
After 27 years of the Chinese professional football league, the 25-year-old Yatai can be described as a "stubborn" existence. From the Chinese Second Division to the Chinese First Division, then to the Chinese Super League, and then from the Chinese Super League to the Chinese First Division, and then returned to the Chinese Super League, becoming the only team in the northeast region of the Chinese Super League in the 2022 season.
In 1979, the General Administration of Sport (then known as the Sports Committee) identified 16 key football cities, Changchun is one of them; 40 years later, Changchun became one of the first 10 eligible cities to be a key city for football development in the country.
According to the relevant regulations, the standards of key football cities are relatively clear: they must have two (including) or more male and female professional football first-class clubs; the city's youth football population accounts for 50% of the number of students in school; the construction of a national youth training center; and more than 1 football field per 10,000 people.
In the declaration, the weight of Yatai Club is very important, their first-team construction, youth training construction, base construction, and football culture promotion have become a plus point for Changchun to create a key development city of national football, among which Yatai as a promotion horse all the way to win the fourth place in the Chinese Super League, get the AFC Champions League play-off seat, and further expand the influence of Changchun football.
Since 1997, Yatai has won one Chinese Super League championship, two sub-league championships, three times representing China and Changchun in the AFC Champions League, yatai has become one of the most successful professional clubs in China.
In addition, from the "Yangjiadian" of that year to the current Jingyue base, Yatai's football base has become the top football training base in China and even In Asia, and today, when the top football clubs in China are struggling, the Jingyue base "goes against the trend" and has been favored by the U18 national team, the national youth football finals (U13, U15), and the FA Cup, becoming the carrier of the promotion city.
With the plane tree, the phoenix is attracted. In the fall of 2021, the U18 national team went to the Jingyue base for guest training, which is also the team's second visit after a year, head coach Antonio bluntly said: "The accommodation, food, training facilities, and venue conditions here are too good, as a head coach, I will choose the best place to train, and the Jingyue base is such a place." ”
When Gao Hongbo, vice chairman of the Football Association, came to the Jingyue Base to watch the National Youth Football League, he could not help but praise his old club, and the base environment and youth training system made him give him a thumbs up.
While constantly growing itself, Yatai's achievements are obvious to all. In 2021, Yatai returned to the Chinese Super League sequence after a gap of two years. Under the epidemic, many Chinese Super League clubs are in a difficult situation, and some clubs with superior economic conditions in the past are also difficult to sustain, and the competition system has led to a continuous decline in the popularity of the Chinese Super League for two consecutive years. As a yatai who really has feelings and temperature for Chinese football, although he shows his posture as a promoted horse, the strength of his performance is amazing.
In the first stage of the Chinese Super League, Yatai won 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 losses in 14 rounds, pressed the old qualified teams such as Harbor and Guoan, and entered the championship group with the first place in suzhou, and in the championship group competition, Yatai performed strongly, won the fourth place, and got the ticket for the AFC Champions League play-off.
In 22 rounds of New Year's Eve fierce battles, Yatai won 11, drew 6 and lost 5, scored 31 goals, conceded 20 goals, the fourth in the league is well deserved, and the team's top scorer Junior also won the Golden Boot of the Chinese Super League with 14 goals.
Summing up the 2021 season, head coach Chen Yang believes that the team has worked hard to narrow the gap with the strong team, "We have won more games with weak wins, and the whole team has achieved such results through team combat." Of course, we didn't play conservatively, there was a spirit of hard work and not accepting defeat, and we were a fighting team. In the future, we also need to calm down and analyze the development path of the team. ”
In the 2021 season of the Chinese Super League, Yatai won the fourth place and will play in the AFC Champions League play-offs in March 2022, initially determined to be the winner of the Philippine and Australian teams, although the attention of the AFC Champions League has declined in the past two seasons due to the impact of the epidemic, but it is undeniable that its intercontinental influence is undeniable.
In the past, Yatai has twice participated in the AFC Champions League, leaving the mark of "Changchun" in South Korea, Vietnam, Australia, Japan and Indonesia.
In the 2007 season, Yatai won the championship as a dark horse posture, won the 2008 AFC Champions League place, played in the AFC Champions League under the leadership of then coach Gao Hongbo, the first time Yatai performed well in the group stage, 6 wins, 3 wins and 3 draws remain unbeaten, including double kills Vietnam Pingyang, 1 win 1 draw Adelaide of the Australian Super League, 1 win at home to Pohang 1-0 win, away "Zhendong combination" double goal, unfortunately forced to draw, because the AFC Champions League that year only the first place in the group can be promoted, Yatai lost due to a one-point difference and 8 strong losses.
Although it failed to qualify, at that time, Yatai dared to fight and the spirit of giving up who I was still relished by the fans, and the media also gave high praise, believing that Yatai "can leave with his head held high".
In the 2010 season, Yatai competed in the AFC Champions League for the second time with the status of the second runner-up in the Chinese Super League in the previous year, and was in the same group as the two champions teams of Japan and South Korea, Jeonbuk and Kashima, but due to the impact of the two-front operation, it failed to achieve satisfactory results.
The AFC Champions League, which is a window to promote the city, has been on two AFC Champions League trips, and the names of "Yatai" and "Changchun" are well known to Asian rivals.
After 11 years, Yatai will usher in the third AFC Champions League journey in 2022, experiencing glory and precipitation, and Yatai Club has entered the "golden period" of 26 years old.
From Gao Hongbo in 2008 to Shen Xiangfu in 2010, the commander of Yatai is still a local coach. Chen Yang, who is cool-headed and has a calm personality, believes that playing in an intercontinental event of the AFC Champions League, the team must have a higher promotion, whether it is technical and tactical ability or personnel reinforcement, it needs to be strengthened, "just the characteristics of defensive counterattack are not enough to cope with more changes in the game, so we must increase the ball control ability under the feet of existing personnel and gradually push forward the way of play." With two months to go before the start of the playoffs, Yatai's intercontinental trip is still worth looking forward to.
Looking back at 2021, Yatai has been forging ahead.
As a promotion horse, relegation is Yatai's first goal, so they don't have too many "ideas" when they return to the Chinese Super League. After the end of the first stage of the Chinese Super League, Yatai completed the goal ahead of schedule, and then won the fourth place and rushed into the AFC Champions League zone.
It must be admitted that as a head coach, Chen Yang has been very successful in polishing the team with a pragmatic style, and under the strategy of basing himself on the Chinese Super League, integrating the whole team into team combat has repeatedly become a model. Especially in the face of strong teams, Yatai played one classic battle after another, killing Shanghai Shuangxiong twice and defeating Guoan, relying on the tactical thinking of the overall operation to achieve defensive counterattack. Multi-point blossoming, team tactics, is the biggest highlight of Yatai's success.
Among the domestic players, Tan Long is more responsible for interspersing, scoring 9 goals with 5 goals and 4 assists in the season, which is in line with his efficiency in recent years; captain Sun Jie is a center-back, but scored 1 goal each in the 2-0 Guoan and 1-0 deep-foot matches...
The overall strength of Yatai's current domestic players is not enough to compete with strong teams such as Taishan, Guangzhou, Guoan, and Haigang, but in terms of foreign aid, Yatai continues the consistent attribute of "good quality and low price".
In the front, Brazil's three musketeers Junier, Eric and Serginho combined to score 25 goals, accounting for 80% of the team's goals; centre-back Okore became the needle of the sea god.
Against foreign aid, Junier and Eric make people think of the "black wind double" of Zaghi and Elvis; the left-footed Serginho is no less powerful than the Bundesliga star Justi; and the No. 4 Ocorre is not as beautiful as the meritorious captain Caballero, but the down-to-earth style and steady defense are as impressive.
"Foreign aid is an important part of the team, and our foreign aid performance is quite outstanding, making important contributions to Yatai and playing very prominent data." Chen Yang said.
The introduction of these foreign aides coupled with pragmatic tactical thinking and strict team management has formed a strong fighting force, making the team very competitive, and the first stage has won the first place in the division, and the second stage once had the opportunity to compete for the championship.
At the end of the season, Chen Yang entered the new national team coaching staff, while the 33-year-old veteran Tan Long became an international again – from club to national team, which is the best compliment.
Of course, it is also necessary to talk about the consistent strict management of Yatai Football Club, making the team like a "sharp knife company". After the General Administration of Sport replied to the "Proposal on the Urgent Revitalization of Chinese Football", the club issued the "Nine Strict" team rules for the inspection of youth players, strictly prohibiting player tattoos and requiring everyone to become players with excellent will quality and professional skills.
The 2022 season is coming, Chen Yang has begun preliminary work for the better development of the team, and continues to strengthen the team construction on the basis of the wonderful 2021, and strives to make greater breakthroughs in the new year.
After the big waves and sand, Fang saw that his heart was like a rock, and his faith was like a mountain. Yatai, in the name of deep "carving", has honor and honor.